Android StrictMode InstanceCountViolation

Question

I am running my app with StrictMode activated in development as documented here StrictMode for lower platform versions and noticed an error message that I do not know what to think about nor can I find any reference.

I get a android.os.StrictMode$InstanceCountViolation with values for instances and limit e.g.

instances=3; limit=2

Now I am wondering:

• A) how is the limit calculated
• B) how can such a violation actually happen and then I would look into evasive actions.

Any ideas?